Ideal Type (Dictionary Entry)

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Last updated: 27-50-2020
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Ideal Type

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An ideal type is formed by the one-sided accentuation of one or more points of view. . . . In its conceptual purity, this mental construct (Gedankenbild)
cannot be found empirically anywhere in reality. It is a utopia. Historical research faces the task of determining in each individual case the extent to which the ideal-construct approximates to or diverges from reality, to what extent for example, the economic structure of a city is to be classified as a city economy. (Weber, 1949, p. 90. Italics in the original.)

Weber, 1949, p. 90, in https://open-measure.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/BIB/pages/140705830, p. 17

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